What you need to know about Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s new health minister
Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, has sworn in Dr. Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire as the country's minister of health. His most recent ...
Ebola is no longer incurable
The promising results of the Pamoja Tulinde Maisha (PALM ) study has public health experts across the world leaping for ...
Erectile dysfunction associated with lower work productivity in men
Erectile dysfunction (ED) was linked with loss of work productivity and with lower health-related quality of life in an International Journal ...
Home births as safe as hospital births, study shows
A large international study led by McMaster University shows that low risk pregnant women who intend to give birth at ...
Non-communicable diseases account for 3 in 10 deaths in Nigeria
According to the 2018 WHO country profile, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for an estimated 29% of all deaths in Nigeria ...
Nigeria’s silent Rhesus factor incompatibility crisis
It is happening again to my daughter. I had eight miscarriages during my time. I eventually gave up on trying ...
Exclusive breastfeeding is highest in Rwanda
Globally, only 41 per cent of babies were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life in 2018 but ...
Tuberculosis: How much do we know?
Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is referred to as a disease of the past, however the reality is TB is one of the ...
One year later, DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak remains relentless and devastating
“1 August, marks one year since the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of ...
Nearly $60 billion needed to eliminate hepatitis – WHO
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day (28 July), the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to take advantage of recent ...
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